Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 206
At the beginning of the third round, Zhang Yang, who no longer held back, finally broke out with all his strength.

Brutal killing moves were frequently launched, and Zou Long was defeated step by step. Under Zhang Yang's pressure, Zou Long also broke out his unprecedented strength, especially his volley and two-step kick, which made the audience in the theater collectively watch. His mouth opened wide, dumbfounded in shock.

But even so, facing Zhang Yang who had thoroughly studied his own habits, Zou Long, who was leading for a while, gradually lost ground. Zhang Yang locked one leg and twisted it hard in front of all the audience...

"Crack!"

Along with Zou Long's scream, his leg was broken, and Zhang Yang finally won the game.

Zou Long's agent did not break his promise. After the game, he immediately found a lawyer for Zhang Yang, helped him and the elderly prisoner clear their grievances, and personally sent them away from Stanley.

In front of the prison gate, looking at the old prisoner and his daughter who came to pick him up, hugging each other tightly, Zhang Yang showed a long-lost smile, then got into a taxi and walked away. At this point, the whole film ended.

……

The subtitles were scrolling on the screen, but the audience was not in a hurry to leave.

This "The Ultimate Fighter" has made many Zhang Yang's old movie fans involuntarily find a sense of familiarity with Zhang Yang's original "Black Fist", especially the several ring fights in the film. It can be said that every scene is exciting and makes them The audience, who came here just for the fight, were all in awe.

However, after the film ended, what caused the most discussion among the audience was not the protagonist Zhang Yang, but the villain, Zou Long, played by Zou Zhaolong. In this era, a principled and bottom-line villain is still uncommon. , especially a villain like Zou Long who is already strong enough in his own right, is even more attractive.

Some people even simply disagree with the idea that Zou Long is a villain. In the eyes of these people, the only ones who can be called villains in the film are the warden and Zou Long’s agent. After all, if they weren’t Zhang Yang would never fall into this situation if individuals conspired to cause trouble.

On the other hand, Zou Long is just a fighter who simply wants to win the game.

No matter what the audience thought of Zou Long, they couldn't help but feel relieved after seeing the publicity of the premiere box office figures. He knew very well that although many of them were due to his own star halo, at least " The first film in the series "The Ultimate Fighter" has landed firmly.

As for how high this series can achieve.

For this result, we have to look at the next film in this series, which is also the most worth watching film in this series, to see how effective it can be.

But before thinking about filming his next film, Zhang Yang had to deal with a more important matter.

That is to negotiate with overseas publishers.

That's right, although Zhang Yang didn't take the initiative to look for it, as Zhang Yang said, as long as the film's box office data performs well enough, there will always be overseas distributors who will take the initiative to find it.

Big Year.

While the citizens of Hong Kong Island were still immersed in the spirit of the New Year that had not yet dissipated, Zhang Yang met the first overseas publisher who came to his office. He was also a publisher focusing on the overseas market in Southeast Asia.

Most of the theater market in Southeast Asia is actually dominated by the Thai market, and the Thai market has an extremely large number of fans of kung fu action movies, especially hardcore styles like this. In the Thai market, , is undoubtedly extremely popular.

This was part of the reason why he took the risk of no longer cooperating with Jiahe and wanted to find Zhang Yang.

And the bigger reason is that even if he wants to cooperate with Jiahe, Jiahe may not like it.

"I don't accept a single buyout of the copyright. If you are willing, if the film is screened, I will account for [-]% of the final box office, and the detailed data on the box office must have original accounting records."

Faced with Zhang Yang's request, the overseas publisher hesitated for a long time before speaking again. "I can agree to your conditions, but I also have a request. When your "The Ultimate Fighter" is released in Southeast Asia, I must have priority distribution rights."

"make a deal."

Without wasting too much breath, Zhang Yang readily agreed to the other party's invitation to cooperate.

And as he signed his name on the contract, "The Raid" has officially become Yingyang Entertainment's first film to be released overseas. Zhang Yang is still looking forward to how high the box office this film can achieve.

……

Unlike the good news about overseas distribution, although Zhang Yang himself is very satisfied with the box office of "The Ultimate Fighter" of 680 million in the first week, the outside world seems to be starting to feel dissatisfied with Zhang Yang.

Especially against the backdrop of the high box office of Hong Jinbao's "Lucky Star" of 970 million in its first week, the achievements of "The Ultimate Fighter" seem to have become even less worth mentioning in the eyes of the outside world.

Since Zhang Yang left Jiahe and moved to DeYoung Cinema, the final box office of two movies in a row, "The Raid" and "The Ultimate Fighter", seems to have only been around 2000 million, as if it has fallen into a bottleneck period. On the other hand, Jiahe Well, after "Food Truck" ends, "Lucky Star" is actually on track to break through the 3000 million mark again.

This really corresponds to the title of Hong Jinbao's film, it is the real "Lucky Star Shines".

Because of this difference, the editor of "Movie Biweekly" couldn't help but be the first to publish a comment. He used the box office gap between Jiahe Cinema and Deyang Cinema in the first week of the Spring Festival as an argument to ask Zhang Yang whether he regretted leaving. Jiahe's actions missed the opportunity to achieve greater achievements.

Even in the editor's writing, it seems that Zhang Yang's success is all thanks to Jiahe, and that he can still maintain his position as a 2000 million box office gentleman, but it is just the sunset of Jiahe's plan to make him a star.

He wasn't angry when he saw these comments, but laughed them off.

What can outsiders know about what happened between him and Jiahe?
Yes, in Jiahe, the box office seemed to be booming, but the profit of each film was visible to the naked eye.

Just like "Slay Wolf 2", which has a box office similar to "The Raid", of the more than 2 million box office generated by "Slay Wolf 2000", Zhang Yang can only pocket three-tenths, which is about 700 million. , and also pay taxes.

And what about "The Raid"?

Of the total box office of more than 2000 million, 800 million went directly to Yingyang Entertainment. After excluding the 180 million dividend given to Chen Huimin, the remaining more than 700 million actually went into Zhang Yang's pocket!

This does not include the overseas distribution that we just signed, and the money we can earn in the future.

Whether it is bitter or sweet, Zhang Yang knows it ten thousand times better than those outsiders.

And during this Spring Festival, Zhang Yang was happy, and Zou Wenhuai and the others were even happier.

For two consecutive years, the Spring Festival box office has exceeded the 3000 million mark.

Looking at the history of Hong Kong film industry, this achievement is absolutely unprecedented.

Looking at the box office results of The Bodyguard, Zou Wenhuai's ambition is burning brightly.

He walked to the window, looked out at the scenery of Hong Kong Island, and silently clenched his fists.

After sending away a Shaw Brothers, the only remaining opponents are the declining New Arts City and the just-emerging Deyang Pictures. It seems that Golden Harvest's dream of dominating the Hong Kong film industry is not far away!
(End of this chapter)